Hot Trailer: 'Larry Crowne'

Universal Pictures has released a new trailer for Larry Crowne. Tom Hanks directed, co-wrote and produced, and he re-teams with Charlie Wilson’s War co-star Julia Roberts. Hanks plays a middle-aged guy who tries to reinvent himself by going back to college. The film opens July 1.

I like Tom and Julia well enough but I don’t get what this is supposed be… Rain Man meets Dead Poets meets What Not to Wear?

Robin Redbreast • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

Looks like S.

anon • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

Why is this a movie again?

jOHNNY 0 • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

Another Playtone project for H.B.O. — THANK YOU !! HANKS AND GOETZMAN

Joshua • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

Pap. And all too familiar pap, at that.

Do you remember Bosom Buddies? Bachelor Party? The ‘Burbs? I love old Tom Hanks.

Today Tom Hanks? Fatuous bore.

Some Dude at a Studio • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts don’t look like they belong in this movie.

Judypants • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

Oh fuck….

Michael • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

For the love of God, let them retitle this project before it hits theaters.

stix • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

near miss

etyer • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

So, it’s a hit then?

Or did you mean a near hit?

sigh • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

The question here is WHY? Wait, two questions: and WHO CARES?

These are two people who are in the perfect position to roll the dice and do something cool, and alas, they do not. And probably won’t. Ever. This is all much easier…

Jug • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

Just asking, where should he be? Where should Julia be? What project should they be in? All the hate & vitriol on this comment section, I haven’t heard anyone raise themselves above their ridiculous self-involved snark to say, just what kind of movie they “should” be doing? Between the two of them, they have three Oscars & more money then your kid’s kid’s KID’s will see. So please, tell me, just what movie should they be “challenging” themselves with? What grand artistic archetype should they be taxing themselves day in & day out to produce for you ingrateful ingrates? Where, O Holy Deadline Commenters, is it written that they cannot be silly & make a movie just cuz?

Good God, Get over yourselves, it isn’t Twilight & it has grown folks in it. You should Thank God for just those two “freak occurrences”.

tyler • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

Where should he be?

Well he doesn’t HAVE to challenge himself, but Cast Away was a start. He’s so talented, but look at his choices compared to George Clooney. Oh Brother, Three Kings, Syriana, The American, even Up in the Air (which I didn’t care for) show that Clooney wants to balance his blockbusters with some very interesting and challenging material.

Now can you see how safe and pedestrian this incredibly talented man is choosing to be?

Zach S. • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

Thank you, sane person.

Sherry • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

AMEN!!!AMEN!!!AMEN!!

duh • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

How about this: Something BETTER!!!!!!!

duh • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

And there is nothing wrong with adult movies, that’s not the complaint. Just SOMETHING. BETTER. or ORIGINAL.
Originality can be accessible if done PROPERLY!!! Remember??

wait • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

Wait – so we should get down on our knees and THANK YOU for mediocrity that cost a ton of money just because it’s a movie for adults?

We don’t care how much money they make but we are upset that they are wasting their talents on horrible material.

Comments like that show just how jaded and complacent everyone making movies in Hollywood has become. Meh, well, it’s good enough! Too bad everyone! Brutal.

James • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

This movie will be horrible and stupid (just like “The Terminal” and “Duplicity”) but because it has Tom Hanks and Julie Roberts it will make a ton of money. Typical.

Captain Awesome • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

In the words of Kirk Lazarus — “Everybody knows you never go full retard.”

This is a step down from Turner & Hooch. Maybe the next trailer we’ll see what the film is exactly about.

Caley • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

I feel uplifted already.

WTF • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

I kept waiting for the SNL Digital short title to come up. This looks atrocious. Wow. This is a Universal summer release?

frin • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

Tom Hanks playing himself going back to college?
Won’t work.
Two problems:

1- Tom Hanks is so rich he could NEVER convincingly play an ordinary shlub with a mid-life crisis. Tom is in mid-life right now, and lives the well-deserved, multimillionaire life of a multi-Oscar winner. Everyone knows that Tom doesn’t need to go back to college to prove himself.

2- Julia Roberts dooms EVERY damn movie she’s in! She, like Tom, lives the multimillionaire life of an Oscar winner. But unlike Tom, she’s unconvincing in any role that requires charm or sincerity. When I see Julia on screen doing ANYTHING, I see a calculating, mean-spirited, egocentric actor basically hogging up the screen.

Bottom line: Tom, you can do FAR better than “Larry Crowne”, and INFINITELY better without Roberts as your co-star.

Zach S. • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

So only poor people should play poor people?

Jesus dude it’s called acting.

adam • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

Did you SERIOUSLY just say that only people with no money should play people with no money?

If your comment wasn’t some post-modernist, sarcastic joke, and was meant to be taken seriously, I…I…I really hope you get some help some day.

Ace • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

Even if I liked the premise and trailer (which I do not), Mr. Hanks lost me during the SAG contract talks. I lost all respect for him for his traitorous comments, supporting taking income (among other things) away from his fellow actors – income which he, on television, earned and lived off of while he was starting out. Shame on him (and Danny DeVito, and Rhea Perlman, and Ms. Sally Fields – all of whom earned residual money from their early TV successes, and then told everyone to vote to let producers keep actors’ residual money). If only the movie-going audience knew what these people are truly like.

“Run, Forrest, run!” Yeah, straight to the bank.

Ron Mexico • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

The trailer is confusing. He’s going to college so he can get his old job back? But falls in love with a community college teacher? Tom and Julia seems a bit odd. And Cedric the entertainer rarely comes off as funny in movies compared to his standups.

Greg • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

Disingenuous bullshit.

Bloomer • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Kurt Busiek • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

THAT THING YOU DO was so good that I’d see this on the strength of that alone.

Looks like fun, so far.

-.- • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

Looks charming. I’d rather see Tom Hanks then Megatron (or at least’s Bay’s heart-wrenching raw character study of the Hasbro Horror)

Pembroke Inkman • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

It’s movies like this that make sure that movies like this are dead. I agree with whoever said what about seeing an adult movie that’s not about vampires, but come on! Make a good adult movie that’s not about vampires, or at least cut a decent trailer. Hwood should be trying to pull the nails out of the coffin of small budget adult films, not drive in the last of them.

Kev • on Mar 16, 2011 2:58 pm

Actually, an sdult movie about vampires could be pretty cool (and by “adult” movie I don’t mean porn).